diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c
index d3daa0239ec4..6508e2d2bf05 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.c
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ static int fsl_sai_dai_resume(struct snd_soc_dai *cpu_dai)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct snd_soc_dai_driver fsl_sai_dai = {
+static struct snd_soc_dai_driver fsl_sai_dai_template = {
 	.probe = fsl_sai_dai_probe,
 	.playback = {
 		.stream_name = "CPU-Playback",
@@ -1382,6 +1382,9 @@ static int fsl_sai_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (sai->soc->reg_offset == 8)
 		fsl_sai_regmap_config = fsl_sai_v3_regmap_config;
 
+	memcpy(&sai->cpu_dai_drv, &fsl_sai_dai_template,
+	       sizeof(fsl_sai_dai_template));
+
 	sai->regmap = devm_regmap_init_mmio_clk(&pdev->dev,
 			NULL, base, &fsl_sai_regmap_config);
 	if (IS_ERR(sai->regmap)) {
@@ -1467,9 +1470,9 @@ static int fsl_sai_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* Sync Tx with Rx as default by following old DT binding */
 	sai->synchronous[RX] = true;
 	sai->synchronous[TX] = false;
-	fsl_sai_dai.symmetric_rates = 1;
-	fsl_sai_dai.symmetric_channels = 1;
-	fsl_sai_dai.symmetric_samplebits = 1;
+	sai->cpu_dai_drv.symmetric_rates = 1;
+	sai->cpu_dai_drv.symmetric_channels = 1;
+	sai->cpu_dai_drv.symmetric_samplebits = 1;
 
 	if (of_find_property(np, "fsl,sai-synchronous-rx", NULL) &&
 	    of_find_property(np, "fsl,sai-asynchronous", NULL)) {
@@ -1486,9 +1489,9 @@ static int fsl_sai_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		/* Discard all settings for asynchronous mode */
 		sai->synchronous[RX] = false;
 		sai->synchronous[TX] = false;
-		fsl_sai_dai.symmetric_rates = 0;
-		fsl_sai_dai.symmetric_channels = 0;
-		fsl_sai_dai.symmetric_samplebits = 0;
+		sai->cpu_dai_drv.symmetric_rates = 0;
+		sai->cpu_dai_drv.symmetric_channels = 0;
+		sai->cpu_dai_drv.symmetric_samplebits = 0;
 	}
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, sai);
@@ -1554,7 +1557,7 @@ static int fsl_sai_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	regcache_cache_only(sai->regmap, true);
 
 	ret = devm_snd_soc_register_component(&pdev->dev, &fsl_component,
-			&fsl_sai_dai, 1);
+			&sai->cpu_dai_drv, 1);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.h b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.h
index 81599924c38f..91e153e88ae2 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.h
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_sai.h
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ struct fsl_sai {
 
 	struct fsl_sai_verid verid;
 	struct fsl_sai_param param;
+	struct snd_soc_dai_driver cpu_dai_drv;
 };
 
 const struct attribute_group *fsl_sai_get_dev_attribute_group(bool monitor_spdif);